Churumuri, you made my day today. I studied in Mysore 25 years ago and even today, a mandatory visit to GTR is done during every trip to Mysore. It might not have the complexity and charm of a big 5 star hotels, it might be dingy, it might look dirty from outside, it might be whatever, I still like the taste – though I think, the taste was MUCH better during my student days.

One suggestion though to the owners of GTR – They should have the place painted once a year given the size of crowd they get every day.

Still I remember the days while I was studying in college, we used to go to GTR in Mysore and eat idli chutney, the taste of it I can even now rejoice. There was another hotel in Chikka market area called Raju hotel, where set dose used to be donel, for which people used to wait and eat. Guru sweet mark mysore pak was superb. Similarly, dosa in mylari hotel and ice cream in palamrutha is worth mentioning. Three cheers to Mysore, it is my native place.

It is so cute of you to remind everyone about “Mysore masaale’ and Mysore pak, great things as they are!

Like you the media is raking up frenzy over the General elections. The politicians (read UPA) want people to forget about the recession. By the time the election tamaasha is over we will be deeply stuck in the downturn, with several voters losing their jobs and their families left unsupported. As we don’t have a social security/welfare.

Adding fuel to the fire the banks are charging around 15% interest for loans intended at economic activity, while the inflation is near 0%. The UPA and RBI have thrown the citizens of the country at the mercy of loan sharks, credit card companies and Shylockian Banks.

Hope Churumuri sees the all round deception that is going on to fool public with the election tamaasha and bring tand warn about the stark reality to its readers atleast!

hELi, Kakasura was related to Bakasura, the legendary connoisseur of foodu, who was killed by a Cooku for giving a bad review. So as a fitting reply your ancestor created a piece of this divine s*t(sweet kaNralla).

I still remember eating dose at Mylari Hotel – was it 3 years ago- with a handsome medic- whom my my father fondly hoped I would get married to, telling me the story of Mysore Pak. But the moral of the story is a hunk beside you telling you a story, Mylari’s benne dose that is Paradise Enow!

What Ajith told me about Mysore pak had something to do with Masoor dal, a cook in the employment of the Wodeyars and the creation of Mysore Pak by ha happy mishap when the king was on a trip to Calcutta- sorry I didnt hear more – but Ajit had such dreamy eyes!!!

It is from somewhere north. These people have evolved their own version ashTe where the articial haLadi baNNa replaces well-fried golden brownness, and it is soft unlike the good old Mysore Pak with honey-comb like gooDus.

Supposedly some guy called Gundappa in Mysore was a pro in making great Mysore Paks, dunno if the popular Gundappana angaDi in Bangalore is related to him.

Masala dosae in Mysore. We used to go to Ballal hotel with Lakshmiaryan ballal at the galla. We used to have two Idlies for one anna and drink four anna worth of sambar. No Bllal hotel now. Now there is one mahesh prasad hotel near by. It is quiet good. There was one BHEL puri shop next to it which was run by a lady. It has just disappeared